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Thank you. Professor Fernandes, if you could email us with the responses to those questions, that would be helpful.

Yes, he is back.

I will allow Jamie Halcro Johnston a short supplementary question before I bring in Fiona Hyslop.

I suppose that the crux of the matter is the need for transferable skills. Is that the issue when it comes to future proofing the workforce? Richard McClelland talked about the difficulty of recruiting people into the sector. Is part of Qualifications for Industry’s thinking that a more flexible qualification that would recognise emerging industries could be awarded, to enable workers to move between sectors?

I ask for a brief response, Mr Brodie, as we are getting short of time and I am waiting to bring in Gordon MacDonald.

Thank you. Richard McClelland, could you respond to the question about supply chain pressures and how responsive the sector is to those pressures?

Thank you. We will move to questions from members. We have a large panel this morning, so I ask members to direct questions to an individual witness. I would like all members to get a chance to ask questions.

The committee will now move into private session.

You can go ahead with that now, Mr McClelland.

Good morning and welcome to the 11th meeting in 2021 of the Economy and Fair Work Committee. Our first item of business is to decide whether to take items 4 and 5 in private. Item 4 is a discussion of the evidence that we will hear this morning. Is everybody content to do so?

Members indicated agreement.